The central government and local governments are the single largest land owners. More than 20% of all Korea land is owned by governments. However it seems that governments not only have a poor grip of the situation and information on public land but also don't equip the public land related documents fully. Lots of the land among the practically usable public land are left to be deserted or they are occupied illegally by private hands. Under such a circumstances, recent changes in public land policy which emphasize proper land holdings and trust development aim at converting a passive management policy to a positive development and banking policy. Also there emerged, among the local governments, a strong interest in putting the local finances on a firm basis through the best and highest use of the public land. So the public land policy is at the turning point. (The rest omitted)